At the summit on Thursday, the leaders of the European Union overcame all obstacles and agreed to pay Ukraine 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance in 2023. This was reported by Radio Liberty's Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak.
"White smoke from the European Council: 4 economic and financial packages have been approved - 18 billion for Ukraine, 2 packages for Hungary and a plan for the minimum corporate tax rate," Jozvyak noted on his Twitter.
On November 9, the European Commission proposed an unprecedented support package for Ukraine in the amount of up to 18 billion euros for 2023. This assistance will be provided in the form of soft loans, which will be paid in regular installments starting from January 2023.
However, due to Hungary's veto, the proposal had to be amended.
Hungary eventually bargained with Brussels to unblock some of the funds blocked over rule of law concerns and lifted its veto on Monday.
However, at the last minute, Warsaw expressed a warning on Monday at a meeting of EU ambassadors. Poland refused to back a package deal to allocate 18 billion euros in aid to Ukraine, as well as two decisions on Hungary, over concerns about a separate plan for the minimum corporate tax rate.
How it was possible to convince Poland to give up its resistance is not yet known.
